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Wallaby boss Joe Schmidt has insisted Tane Edmed needs time to develop as the fly-half prepares to face England at Twickenham on Saturday.

Liverpool face an in-form Aston Villa as the Premier League champions look to arrest their remarkable collapse on Saturday, while Arsenal aim to surge further clear in the title race.

Ireland coach Andy Farrell says his team's clash with New Zealand in Chicago on Saturday marks the start of the long build-up to the 2027 World Cup as he returns to the helm of the Six Nations giants.

Asian stock markets mostly rose Friday morning, with a surge in Japanese shares coming after better-than-expected earnings reports from US tech behemoths Apple and Amazon.

Eddie Jones has called on his Japan team to try to emulate the 2015 side that pulled off one of rugby union's biggest shocks when they beat South Africa in a game that became known as the "Miracle of Brighton".

Wearing large rubber boots, Nadine Mitschunas joyfully handled mature rice plants peeking through the water of her small plot growing in the fertile soil of eastern England.

Stunned captain Alyssa Healy says Australia let themselves down after their reign as one-day world champions was brought to a shuddering halt by hosts India.

Can great art be made without human genius and all its flaws? It's a vital question at a time when artificial intelligence threatens to subsume Hollywood.

With much pomp and circumstance, Cairo is due to inaugurate on Saturday the long-awaited Grand Egyptian Museum, widely presented as the crowning jewel on authorities' efforts to overhaul the country's vital tourism industry.

The downfall of Andrew, formerly known as prince and born into a life of royal privilege as the son of the late Queen Elizabeth II, was complete on Thursday, when his brother King Charles III moved to strip him of all his titles.

With the Los Angeles Dodgers' World Series repeat bid in the balance, manager Dave Roberts reiterated Thursday that everything is on the table in game six, including using two-way superstar Shohei Ohtani as a relief pitcher.

News Release Highlights:Battery X Discoveries, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Battery X Metals, in partnership with TerraDX, has successfully completed the preliminary AI-powered prospectivity modelling of its Nevada exploration initiative, conducted in collaboration with TerraDX.The analysis, powered by TerraDX's proprietary artificial intelligence system and informed by 60 curated geological datasets - including those from regions of known lithium mineralization - has identified multiple new prospective zones in Nevada. These zones were flagged by the AI model for exhibiting key data attributes and correlations consistent with those in the training datasets.With these preliminary results in place, the project is now advancing into secondary phase focused on exclusion mapping. This stage aims to narrow broader regions into high-confidence, AI-derived exploration targets by enhancing predictive accuracy and systematically excluding non-viable areas such as protected lands and population centers.

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VANCOUVER, BC / ACCESS Newswire / October 31, 2025 / Future Fuels Inc. (TSXV:FTUR)(OTCQB:FTURF)(FWB:S0J) ("Future Fuels" or the "Company") is pleased to announce that, further to its previous news releases dated September 5, 2025 and October 9, 2025, it has completed a non-brokered private placement for gross proceeds of C$2,219,810.25 from the sale of 2,959,747 "flow-through" units of the Company (each, an "FT Unit", and collectively, the "FT Units") at a price of C$0.75 per FT Unit (the "LIFE Offering") under the Listed Issuer Financing Exemption (as defined herein).

HALIFAX, NS / ACCESS Newswire / October 31, 2025 / Silver Spruce Resources Inc. (TSXV:SSE) ("Silver Spruce" or the "Company"), is pleased to announce that further to its new release dated October 28, 2025, the Company has completed the consolidation (the "Consolidation") of its issued and outstanding common shares (the "Common Shares") on the basis of one (1) post-Consolidation Common Share for every fifteen (15) pre-Consolidation Common Shares, as approved at the 2024 Annual General and Special Meeting of Shareholders, held November 5, 2024. The Consolidation has reduced the number of issued and outstanding Common Shares from 324,152,832 Common Shares to 21,610,189 Common Shares. As previously announced, no fractional Common Shares were issued in connection with the Consolidation. Where the exchange resulted in a fractional post-Consolidation Common Share representing less than 0.5 of a post-Consolidation Common Share, the holder of pre-Consolidation Common Shares was not entitled to receive one whole post-Consolidation Common Share, and where the exchange resulted in a fractional post-Consolidation Common Share representing 0.5 or more of a post-Consolidation Common Share, the holder of pre-Consolidation Common Shares received one whole post-consolidation Common Share.

TORONTO, ON / ACCESS Newswire / October 31, 2025 / McFarlane Lake Mining Limited ("McFarlane" or the "Company") (CSE:MLM)(OTCQB:MLMLF) is pleased to announce that it will be participating in the 2025 Red Cloud Fall Mining Showcase, taking place on November 4-5, 2025 at the Sheraton Centre Toronto Hotel, 123 Queen St. W., Toronto, Ontario.

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VANCOUVER, BC / ACCESS Newswire / October 31, 2025 / Rektron Group Inc. ("Rektron" or the "Company") (CSE:REK.U)(FRA:F75) a global commodities trading company announced today that it anticipates the filing of its annual financial statements, management's discussion and analysis and related officer certifications and annual information form for the financial year ended July 31, 2025 (collectively, the "Annual Filings") will be delayed beyond the required filing deadline under Parts 4 and 5 of National Instrument 51-102 - Continuous Disclosure Obligations and pursuant to National Instrument 52-109 - Certification of Disclosure in Issuer's Annual and Interim Filings, October 29, 2025 (the "Filing Deadline").

Judges Continue to Side with Energy Enhancement System as Jason Shurka's Legal Maneuvers Collapse

Thirty new hires and motor operations in Orlando mark next phase of U.S. production expansion

Shareholders of each company overwhelmingly approve RTO transactionRTO transaction expected to close on or about November 4, 2025Resulting Issuer - Summit Royalties - expected to commence trading on the TSX Venture Exchange under the symbol "SUM" the week of November 10, 2025

KINGSTON, NEW YORK / ACCESS Newswire / October 31, 2025 / Kingstone Companies, Inc. (Nasdaq:KINS) (the "Company" or "Kingstone"), a Northeast regional property and casualty insurance holding company, today announced that its Board of Directors has declared a quarterly cash dividend of $0.05 per share of common stock.

Jimmy Gravel To Highlight Our Copper, Nickel, Cobalt And Gold Campaigns

The General Assembly declared Saudi Arabia, represented by the General Court of Audit (GCA), as the Chair of INTOSAI starting in 2031 for a three-year term. Saudi Arabia will host delegations from over 195 countries, led by the heads of Supreme Audit Institutions, assuming leadership of the world's foremost organization in financial and performance auditing. This role positions Saudi Arabia to steer global efforts in enhancing transparency, public sector governance, and government performance, while reinforcing public trust in national economies.

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COLUMBUS, OHIO / ACCESS Newswire / October 31, 2025 / Capital Towing & Recovery has been recognized with the 2026 Consumer Choice Award for excellence in Towing Services in the Columbus region. This honor highlights the company's commitment to professionalism, safety, and integrity in every aspect of its 24/7 towing and recovery operations.

VANCOUVER, BC / ACCESS Newswire / October 31, 2025 / Irving Resources Inc. (CSE:IRV)(OTCQX:IRVRF) ("Irving" or the "Company") is pleased to announce that recent drilling at the Omui and Omu Sinter targets, part of its Omu Gold-Silver project, Hokkaido, Japan, has encountered broad mineralized intercepts at shallow depths. The focus of exploration at Omu is to discover shallow, silica-rich gold-silver mineralization suitable for use as smelter flux.

TORONTO, ON / ACCESS Newswire / October 31, 2025 / Electrovaya Inc. ("Electrovaya" or the "Company") (NASDAQ:ELVA)(TSX:ELVA), a leading lithium-ion battery technology and manufacturing company, today announced the establishment of a subsidiary in Japan. The new entity, Electrovaya Japan, will serve as a local platform to expand the Company's commercial activities and to support its growing customer base and strategic relationships across the Japanese market.

VANCOUVER, BC / ACCESS Newswire / October 31, 2025 / Formation Metals Inc. ("Formation" or the "Company") (CSE:FOMO)(FSE:VF1)(OTCQB:FOMTF), a North American mineral acquisition and exploration company, is pleased to announce that, further to its news releases of September 30, 2025, October 1, 2025 and October 15, 2025, it has closed the second tranche of its private placement, raising $8,456,619.81 in gross proceeds through the issuance of 17,837,838 units (each a "LIFE Unit") at $0.37 per LIFE Unit (the "LIFE Offering") and 4,528,341 flow-through units (the "FT Units") at $0.41 per FT Unit (the "FT Offering" and together with the LIFE Offering, the "Offerings").

The Los Angeles Dodgers know they must get their offense firing to resuscitate their bid for a second straight World Series title as the Toronto Blue Jays host game six on Friday with a chance to clinch their first Major League Baseball crown in 32 years.

Australia's state of Victoria has passed the country's first treaty with Indigenous peoples, a landmark act of recognition long denied to the country's first inhabitants.

A stone's throw from Venezuela, in the eye of a political storm fueled by a US naval deployment, fishermen from the archipelago of Trinidad and Tobago fear getting caught up in the tumult.